Gas Milage
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RE: Gas Milage
A good tune up, full synthetics in everything that moves, windows rolled up, cruise controland a light foot.
I have a '97 and I get 20+ expressway, 12-14 around town. Also check your air filter and tire PSI. Bigger tires will reduce MPG as well as extra weight. I only carry the basics for daily driving and then load the extra gear when going on a trip.
Also any extra antennas will increase wind resistance.
I have a '97 and I get 20+ expressway, 12-14 around town. Also check your air filter and tire PSI. Bigger tires will reduce MPG as well as extra weight. I only carry the basics for daily driving and then load the extra gear when going on a trip.
Also any extra antennas will increase wind resistance.
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RE: Gas Milage
I usually drive at whatever speed the rest of traffic is doing and a lot of times, it's 80. Our speed limit is 65, nobody drives 55 and I don't think it's safe to drive much slower than everybody. Plus, it's just too darn slow for me.I used to drive a tractor trailer that was governed at about 55, I never once passed anybody. I have a theory about why I get better mileage atfaster speeds, but it's just a theory and yeah every car is different.
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RE: Gas Milage
When I filled up (in SF) for my Pismo trip I made it there in 235 miles on 3/4 tank, averaging 70-75 mph. Refilled at Pismo. On the dunes I burnt 1/4 tank driving 35 miles. Leaving Pismo, I filled up at the same gas station and had my low gas light come on 20 miles before my house. That was because of a 20-30 mph head wind for the first 60 or so miles out of Pismo. I think if you can get 300 highway miles on a full tank you're doing pretty well. There are lots of steep hills here in SF, and adding the stop-and-go of city driving makes for some of the worst fuel economy, somewhere around 9-11 mpg on average.